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Friday, 30 December 2011

Introducing: ‘Silent Sunday’ and ‘A Mantra for Monday’

Did I mention
I was gonna shake things up a little?

Well, I am!

“I live for a challenge, I never sit still and
I never stop thinking”

These
words are taken from my ‘about page’. I think a lot…maybe too much, often ending
up going round in circles! However, I know that in order to really find out who
I have the capacity to become I must never stop thinking…doing…trying…challenging…being...living!

Writing
things down helps crystallise your thoughts. It helps make sense of any confusion and put
things into perspective. I also love words.
I love the way that a combination of a few words has both the capacity
to make you laugh out loud or sob uncontrollably. Incredible.

I also
love photography. It is a skill which I really want to progress, and I don’t simply
mean in relation to food (although that is a great outlet for practice). I love
the fundamental emotional connection brought about through imagery without the use of words- a total
contrast. Two extremes…not like me at all! (hmm…or maybe just a little!!)

So, I had
an idea….

Every Sunday
I will post a photo. That is all, just a photo. No words. These will be photos
that I have taken at any time and place and that for whatever reason resonate with
me and connect with my emotions. Without words the imagination has free reign
open to all interpretation.

Hence, this will become Silent Sunday.

Inspiration
for this concept and the subsequent title of my post was found here. The blog had been hosting a
linked ‘Silent Sunday’ for a number of months before the linked element was
removed. My own thoughts had already been heading in a similar direction when I
happened to chance upon her blog and the eloquence of the title Silence Sunday appealed
such that I found I couldn’t better it.

Following
Silent Sunday’s pure and simple round up to the week, I wanted to offer
something of a contrast to kick start Monday morning. Start as you mean to go
on…so they say! If that’s the case, the opportunity to fill my mind with a positive
thought to carry me through the week seemed particularly fitting.

Hence, this will become A Mantra for Monday.

It is
difficult to know how these ideas will pan out over the course of time. It's unknown territory...spontaneous...crazy. I have
no visions or expectations but I am simply open to the paths my mind may take me. I cannot
promise this will work, and if it falls by the wayside then…well at least I can
say I gave it a go! In the meantime I
hope you will also join me in this new chapter… your thoughts and comments will
help turn this into something special.

….Oh, and
don’t worry, there will still be plenty of food! I dolove cake after all…and
that definitely hasn’t changed!

I simple want to focus of a more holistic sense of wellbeing, and in doing so do more of the things that make me most happy and that give a sense
of fulfilment and perspective.

2 comments:

What a wonderful idea! And the photo is just gorgeous. Those are the flowers my fiance has twice brought home for me from the farmer's market this summer, so they have special meaning for me.

I feel strange to comment on this post, and to talk about the photo, as it is supposed to be "Silent Sunday". This idea puts me in the mental framework of peaceful thought and inward-turning. So now I will go back to contemplation.